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VIA Shareably Be honest with yourself: at some point you’ve probably thought about going on a cross-country road trip. Whether it be driving across Canada, United Kingdom, United States, or wherever you’re from, it’s probably crossed your mind at some point. Luckily, for those in the United States, the “perfect road trip” has finally been […]

VIA Take Part Man in street in Ferguson, Missouri. (Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images) April 16, 2015 By Rebecca McCray Rebecca McCray is a TakePart staff writer covering criminal justice and legal issues. She is based in New York. full bio follow me Like many Americans, Sam Sinyangwe had a lot of unanswered questions after […]

VIA The Mind Unleashed There are types of stories called “conspiracy theories” and the people who teach them are considered by “society” as crazy fanatics who often need medical treatment. What if I tell you that “society” should take some of that medical treatment, because sometimes such incredible stories that nobody believed in, turn out to be […]

VIA VICE by Mary Emily O’Hara Marijuana has accounted for nearly half of all total drug arrests in the US for the past 20 years, according to the FBI’s crime statistics. And according to the Department of Justice (DOJ), a large portion of the US illegal drug market is controlled directly by Mexican cartels. The DOJ’s […]

VIA IJ Review by Kyle Becker There are some recent developments about the shooting of Walter Scott by Officer Michael Slager on April 4th in North Charleston, South Carolina. Key findings from Conservative Treehouse’s closer examination of the now well-known cellphone video, along with a witness’ statement, may shed light on the circumstances leading up to and during the […]

VIA ARS Technica by David Kravets A 61-year-old Florida mailman was arrested Wednesday after he landed a gyrocopter on the US Capitol west lawn. The gyrocopter was carrying the pilot and 535 stamped letters for members of Congress urging “real reform” to campaign finance laws. Doug Hughes told the Tampa Bay Times ahead of the afternoon stunt […]

VIA Daily Mail by Josh Gardner Many of the companies named in a report out April 9 from the Citizens for Tax Justice even received federal tax REBATES The companies include household names such as CBS, Mattel, Prudential and Time Warner At least 15 Fortune 500 companies, many of them worth north of a $1 billion, […]

VIA Unofficial Networks In case you missed it, almost every Republican Senator just voted to sell our public lands — including National Forests, wildlife refuges and wilderness areas — to the highest bidder. This is just downright wrong. As Ronald Reagan once said, “The preservation of parks, wilderness, and wildlife has also aided liberty by keeping alive […]

Pictured above: The 30mm ammunition used by the Apache helicopter in the video, an attack helicopter commonly used in modern war. VIA Collective-Evolution by Arjun Walia Below is a very disturbing and well-known Wikileaks video exposing what happened (and is still happening) in the Middle East on a daily basis. It’s called “Collateral Murder,” and the […]

VIA Crooks and Liars by Susie Madrak Oh, come on. We all know why they want to pass this bill — they want cops to get away with abusing and killing people! (As long as they’re the right people.) The right to record, in addition to being upheld by the appellate courts, is one of the […]